Visualization of intra-vehicular communications networks

    公开(公告)号:US11381472B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US15719921

    申请日:2017-09-29

    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are presented for computer-assisted visualization of network devices. One example involves receiving a plurality of standardized network description files describing a plurality of vehicular communication networks connecting a plurality of electronic control units (ECU) for a vehicle. Each of the plurality of standardized network description files may describe a vehicular communication network in the plurality of vehicular communication networks. Each vehicular communication network may comprise a subset of the plurality of ECUs and one or more network communications paths interconnecting the subset of ECUs. The example can further involve automatically generating, based on the standardized network description files, a visual topology representation of the plurality of vehicular communication networks connecting to the plurality of ECUs. The visual topology representation may include at least one ECU connected to at least two vehicular communication networks in the plurality of vehicular communication networks.

    Vehicle energy-storage systems
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11539087B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US15859072

    申请日:2017-12-29

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to energy storage systems for vehicles. In some aspects, the energy storage system may be used to power an electric automobile. The energy storage system may include a plurality of individual battery cells. The cells may be cylindrical and have a positive and negative terminal on the same side. The cells may be physically and/or electrically organized into bricks. The bricks may be physically and/or electrically organized into modules. The modules may be physically and/or electrically organized into strings. The strings may be physically and/or electrically organized into a pack. In some embodiments, packs, strings, modules and/or bricks may include flexible circuitry and/or may be liquid cooled.

    VISUALIZATION OF INTRA-VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20190052543A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US15719921

    申请日:2017-09-29

    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are presented for computer-assisted visualization of network devices. One example involves receiving a plurality of standardized network description files describing a plurality of vehicular communication networks connecting a plurality of electronic control units (ECU) for a vehicle. Each of the plurality of standardized network description files may describe a vehicular communication network in the plurality of vehicular communication networks. Each vehicular communication network may comprise a subset of the plurality of ECUs and one or more network communications paths interconnecting the subset of ECUs. The example can further involve automatically generating, based on the standardized network description files, a visual topology representation of the plurality of vehicular communication networks connecting to the plurality of ECUs. The visual topology representation may include at least one ECU connected to at least two vehicular communication networks in the plurality of vehicular communication networks.

    ETHERNET COMMUNICATION OF CAN SIGNALS
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180062988A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15253610

    申请日:2016-08-31

    Abstract: A vehicle can use controlled area network (CAN) buses for communications within a subsystem but connect different subsystems using Ethernet connections. For example, a network interface (NIC) of a subsystem can receive a CAN message from a CAN bus and incorporate the CAN message into a user diagram protocol (UDP) message which can be then packaged into an Ethernet packet. The UDP message may include a table of contents (TOC). The TOC may include the message ID and the length of the CAN message. Once a NIC receives the message, the receiving NIC can extract the UDP message from the Ethernet packet, parse through the TOC to identify a CAN message relevant to the control units of the receiving NIC's subsystem, extract the relevant CAN message based on the TOC, and put the CAN message onto CAN buses to be sent to destination CAN devices.

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